After 28 years at McGladrey, including 14 as managing partner in Kansas City, Soukup surprised a lot of her peers in the industry when she announced that she was accepting a job as CFO of JE Dunn Construction Co.

We asked metro-area general contractors if they were noticing more opportunities in North Dakota. We expected to find that the oil boom’s infrastructure needs are so great that firms as far away as the Twin Cities are being asked to help out.